The Miami Heat signed Andersen to a 10-day contract, the team announced Sunday. The Heat also brought forward-center Jarvis Varnado back for a second 10-day deal.

Andersen, a center, worked out for the Heat about two weeks ago and remained in the team's plans.

Andersen has averaged 5.4 points and 5.2 rebounds in his NBA career. His last appearance was with Denver on March 25.

He is known as The Bird Man, for his distinctive Mohawk-style hair and colorful tattoos.

Andersen, 34, is a 10-year NBA veteran. A journeyman, he has appeared in 482 career games — 10 of them starts, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He averaged 5.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.60 blocks in an average of 17.8 minutes, while shooting 50.8 percent from the field.

It's his rebounding the Heat crave.

"You can see how he could help us," Chris Bosh told the Sun-Sentinel recently. "You could definitely see how he could help us, because he's a threat at the rim, always rolling hard to the basket, just his defensive presence and his knack for rebounding."